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+# Copyright (c) 2024, 2025 Bart van de Lint, Uwe Fechner
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+SIMPLE = false
+
+using Timers
+tic()
+@info "Loading packages "
+using SymbolicAWEModels, KiteUtils
+toc()
+
+# Simulation parameters
+dt = 0.05
+total_time = 10.0  # Longer simulation to see oscillations
+vsm_interval = 3
+steps = Int(round(total_time / dt))
+
+# Steering parameters
+steering_freq = 1/2  # Hz - full left-right cycle frequency
+steering_magnitude = 10.0      # Magnitude of steering input [Nm]
+
+# Initialize model
+set = load_settings("system.yaml")
+set.segments = 3
+set_values = [-50, 0.0, 0.0]  # Set values of the torques of the three winches. [Nm]
+set.quasi_static = false
+set.physical_model = SIMPLE ? "simple_ram" : "ram"
+
+sam = SymbolicAWEModel(set)
+sam.set.abs_tol = 1e-2
+sam.set.rel_tol = 1e-2
+rm("data/model_1.11_ram_dynamic_3_seg.bin"; force=true)
+
+# Initialize at elevation
+set.l_tethers[2] += 0.2
+set.l_tethers[3] += 0.2
+@time time_ = init!(sam; remake=false, reload=true) # bench=true
+@info "Simplify took $time_ seconds"
+sys = sam.prob.sys
+nothing
+
+## Results for SymbolicAWEModels.jl
+# Laptop, AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, Julia 1.11:
+# - first  run 97.5 seconds
+
+## Results for KiteModels.jl
+# Desktop, AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, Julia 1.11:
+# - first  run 34.5 seconds
+# - second run 21.1 seconds
+
+# Laptop, AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, Julia 1.11:
+# - first  run 35.0 seconds
+# - second run 24.0 seconds